Melstar- in answer to your questions

How long extra were they in there?
Probably about 15-20 mins? I'm not exactly sure because I was having skin to skin and BF my daughter and wasn't paying attention lol. Because of the additional surgery time I had to have a spinal block and an epidural in case they needed to top me up.

Have you had a previous section? Yes, this was my third c-section (my second emergency). I went into spontaneous labour the night before my scheduled c-section.

Did the recovery hurt more? No it didn't hurt anymore. I have got nerve damage in my stomach though, from the third cs.

If you have anymore questions I'm more than happy to answer